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This was, and remains, the hardest decision I have ever had to make and by far the hardest thing I have ever been through. I found it harder than grieving...

We sat down with one of our community members, Donna Nelson, and she shared how she is moving forward with life after her ER+ MBC diagnosis. Read her story. I...

Editorial note: This article was originally shared on sister site, H-I-V.net by Khafre Kujichagulia Abif. I can remember when the holidays became emotionally difficult. My father died a sudden death...

Danielle explores the topic of hospice care with a former hospice nurse who was also diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). It's a place where people go to die. That...

In May 2020, I wrote about how breast cancer people had COVID-19 covered because treatment “leads us to either adapt to our new situations or live in a world where...

Have you ever had one of those days when everything is going wrong? Your scans are terrible. Your doctor pulled you off the latest line of chemo, but they have...

We sat down with one of our community members, Celeste Baldwin, and she shared how she is moving forward after an metastatic breast cancer (MBC) recurrence in 2018. Read her...

Holiday stress... It happens the very first time I walk into Target and I see that there are already Christmas decorations up and it's barely past Halloween. It’s like someone...

In today’s social media and the airbrushed world, it is hard to know who is really feeling what. One thing I know we all feel is the pressure to feel...

Sisters, come a little closer, bend down, lend me your ear. I want to share my heart with you, while you open yours. Let's heal each other's wounds. Let’s rediscover...

Let's face it, getting diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer sucks! It is most likely the most life-altering news you will ever have to deal with in your life. Not only...

"She's battling cancer," they always say. It seems people who see us suffering from metastatic breast cancer always want to use war metaphors to describe what is happening to us;...

Meet Kathleen! She shares her metastatic breast cancer recurrence story. How & when were you diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer?Diagnosis in June 2018 with sternum met by a yearly breast...

Until very recently, I had no idea what this was, although now I understand it has happened to me during my time of living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer...

Somewhere along with my life, I seemed to mess up a fair share of friendships. So, I will try not to reiterate that old line telling you to screw all...

Meet Mallory, our newest advocate! Mallory joined our team in November 2021. She shares her diagnosis story with us. How & when were you diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer?There was...

We are devastated to share that one of our AdvancedBreastCancer.net team members Tori Geib passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021. Tori was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer shortly after...

Breast cancer taught me to slow down… We are all so used to getting up and being on the go all the time. Often our success is measured by how much...

Lisa shares with our team her denovo metastatic breast cancer diagnosis experience. How & when were you diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer?In the summer of 2019, my purse strap kept...

How to handle questions about your cancer when you just don’t feel like talking about it... This was and remains a tough one for me. Even now a couple of years...